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kettle hole

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A depression in the ground occurring as the result of a large block of ice getting buried by glacial outwash and subsequent melting of it.

Equivalents

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Българскипонор
Bosanskiпонор
Hrvatskiпонор
Српскипонор

Examples

“An adult male mammoth and four juveniles, trapped about 14,500 years ago in a boggy ʽkettle holeʼ left by a retreating glacier in Shropshire, are the most recent record in the UK.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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